Assessment of life skills and tolerance of preadolescents in relation to their pet ownership

The present paper is aimed to study if there is a significant difference in the level of life skills and tolerance of preadolescents in relation to their pet ownership on implementing life skills education programme. The study was based on single group design. The sample was comprised of thirty-six preadolescents of age thirteen years from Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kasaragod, Kerala for the present study. Simple random sampling method was used to select the sample. The life skills scale, tolerance scale and tolerance situational test were the tools used for the study which were self-developed and standardized by the researcher. Interview and discussion were conducted among preadolescents to measure their level of life skills and tolerance concerning to their pet ownership. The statistical techniques used were mean, standard deviation and t-test. The qualitative data obtained from interview and discussion were analyzed using content analysis. Triangulation was adopted to cross check the results obtained from qualitative method with quantitative method. The result was found that there was no significant difference in the level of life skills and tolerance between the preadolescents who have pet at home and those who do not have pet at home.